Dave Boyer
Articles by Dave Boyer
Trump says he’ll accept delay in Senate confirmation vote for Kavanaugh
President Trump said Friday he's open to a delay in the Senate's confirmation vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh to allow time for an FBI probe of decades-old sexual misconduct allegations against the nominee. Published September 28, 2018
Donald Trump signs spending bill to keep government open
President Trump signed an $854 billion spending bill Friday that will keep the federal government open into the new fiscal year, and he criticized Democrats for refusing to fully fund his border wall. Published September 28, 2018
Donald Trump lauds Brett Kavanaugh after hearing, urges Senate vote on nomination
President Trump and his aides spent much of Thursday glued to the TV watching Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh and accuser Christine Blasey Ford testify in a stormy Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, with the president believing the nominee survived the decades-old allegations of sexual misconduct and binge drinking. Published September 27, 2018
GoFundMe pages for Christine Blasey Ford soar past goals as she testifies to Judiciary Committee
Two GoFundMe pages to benefit Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford amassed nearly $600,000 by late Thursday afternoon as she testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Published September 27, 2018
Donald Trump Jr. questions Christine Blasey Ford’s fear of flying as ‘weird’
Donald Trump Jr. took to Twitter Thursday afternoon to question the veracity of Christine Blasey Ford, who accuses Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual assault decades ago. Published September 27, 2018
Trump and Rosenstein delay meeting until next week
President Trump postponed his high-profile meeting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein until next week to avoid interfering with a Senate hearing on Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh, the White House said Thursday. Published September 27, 2018
Donald Trump was on helicopter flight as Christine Blasey Ford began testimony
President Trump watched portions of Christine Blasey Ford's testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday morning aboard Air Force One on a flight from New York to Washington. Published September 27, 2018
Donald Trump campaigns to save Brett Kavanaugh nomination ahead of Senate hearing
President Trump on Wednesday tried to carry embattled Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh over the finish line to confirmation, ramping up his defense of the jurist ahead of a high-stakes hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee in which the nominee and one of his female accusers will testify. Published September 26, 2018
Trump: Accusations against Kavanaugh are ‘false’
President Trump said the allegations of three women who accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct are "false accusations." Published September 26, 2018
Donald Trump accuses China of 2018 election meddling: They ‘don’t want me to win’
President Trump told a U.N. Security Council meeting he was chairing Wednesday that China was meddling in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections to undercut his tough trade agenda. Published September 26, 2018
Donald Trump says he hopes to produce plan for Middle East peace within a few months
President Trump said Wednesday he hopes to develop a Middle East peace plan by the end of this year. Published September 26, 2018
Donald Trump defends ‘America ‘first’ in U.N. General Assembly speech
President Trump told the United Nations on Tuesday that the U.S. is guided by patriotism instead of globalism, rejecting the authority of world bodies. Published September 25, 2018
Donald Trump mocks Venezuelan military for running scared in drone attack
President Trump ridiculed the Venezuelan military as wimpy Tuesday, saying U.S. Marines would never run for cover like Venezuelan soldiers did during a recent drone bomb attack at a public ceremony. Published September 25, 2018
Trump calls on world to isolate Iran, attacks ‘globalism’ in U.N. speech
President Trump called on world leaders Tuesday to isolate and sanction Iran until the Islamic Republic stops spreading terrorism and working to build a nuclear arsenal. Published September 25, 2018
Donald Trump won’t meet with Iran’s Hassan Rouhani: ‘I am sure he is an absolutely lovely man!’
President Trump said Tuesday he "has no plans" to meet with Iran's president until the Iranians "change their tune" on destabilizing the Middle East. Published September 25, 2018
Donald Trump kicks off U.N. meetings with focus on counterterrorism, drug crisis
President Trump met Monday with the leaders of Egypt, France and South Korea at the start of the annual United Nations gathering in New York, highlighting U.S. counterterrorism efforts and sidestepping questions of whether he will meet with Iran's president. Published September 24, 2018
Senate Democrats ‘looking like fools’ in opposing Brett Kavanaugh, Trump tells Montana rally crowd
President Trump said Thursday night that Senate Democrats are "looking like fools" with angry antics to oppose Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh, and predicted their performance will backfire on some presidential hopefuls in 2020. Published September 6, 2018
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces Supreme Court challenge
The Obama-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faced a legal challenge at the Supreme Court on Thursday to its singe-director format, a setup that Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh has consistently ruled against for placing too much power in the hands of one unaccountable bureaucrat. Published September 6, 2018
Melania Trump calls out anonymous writer of NYT op-ed: ‘You are not protecting this country’
First lady Melania gave a rare outspoken criticism Thursday by calling out the White House official who attacked President Trump anonymously in print, accusing the person of subversion. Published September 6, 2018
Unemployment claims fall to 49-year low under Trump
The number of people filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell in late August to the lowest level in nearly 50 years, the government reported Thursday. Published September 6, 2018
